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Open AccessDefining urban network resilience: a review
As concerns over the security of intercity connections intensify, the concept of urban network resilience has increasingly captured the attention of researchers in related fields. This study aimed to clarify t...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Sociometry
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Chinanization of Personality Research
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A Ni–Mo Polyoxometalate Based on Octamolybdate: Self-assemble and Application in Hydrotreating Catalyst
With the help of hydrogen bonding and π⋯π stacking, the small molecular clusters in the impregnating solution was induced to self-assemble and form a new Ni–Mo polyoxometalate based on octamolybdate with a mol...
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Design and Performance Analysis of a Novel Quasi-Zero Stiffness Vibration Isolator
Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) indicates the characteristics of high static stiffness and low dynamic stiffness. In present study, the QZS vibration isolator has been theoretically investigated. A novel QZS vibrat...
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Taiwan Can Help: The Political Impacts and Lessons of Taiwan’s Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The chapter analyzes the reasons that Taiwan has fared better than many other countries during the COVID-19 crisis, and the effects this has on domestic politics, cross-Strait relations, and international affa...
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Open AccessThe clinical value and cost-effectiveness of treatments for patients with coronary artery disease
The clinical value and cost-effectiveness of invasive treatments for patients with coronary artery disease is unclear. Invasive treatments such as coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary inte...
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Open AccessPredicting frailty in older adults using vocal biomarkers: a cross-sectional study
Frailty is a common issue in the aging population. Given that frailty syndrome is little discussed in the literature on the aging voice, the current study aims to examine the relationship between frailty and v...
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Open AccessNovel insight into the correlation between hernia orifice of cystocele and lower urinary tract function: a pilot study
It has been hypothesized that women with significant pelvic organ prolapse (POP), particularly of the anterior vaginal wall, may have voiding dysfunction (VD). Although the VD mechanism due to cystocele is not...
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Open AccessInhibition of COX-2 ameliorates murine liver schistosomiasis japonica through splenic cellular immunoregulation
We have reported the positive association of the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2)/prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) axis with liver fibrosis induced by Schistosoma japonicum (Sj) infection, and TLR4 signaling controlled this axis....
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Open AccessComorbidities and Quality of Life in Women Undergoing First Surgery for Endometriosis: Differences Between Chinese and Italian Population
An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in a group (n = 371) of fertile age women with endometriosis, by administering a structured questionnaire, in order to evaluate the incidence of gynecological ...
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Is trade a blessing or a curse? A panel data analysis of the determinants of depressive disorders
Given the speculation of the market economy causing an epidemic of depression, this study aimed to examine the influence of international trade on the prevalence of depressive disorders.
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The Generalized Definitions of the Two-Dimensional Largest Common Substructure Problems
The similarity of two one-dimensional sequences is usually measured by the longest common subsequence (LCS) algorithms. However, these algorithms cannot be directly extended to solve the two or higher dimensio...
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Open AccessHow time horizons of autocrats impact health expenditure: a mixed methods research
A country’s spending on healthcare significantly improves its population health status. No comparative study has examined how the threat perceived by leaders influences health expenditure and cross-national an...
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A New Method for Obtaining the Average Oil-Bearing Rock Capillary Pressure
Recent modification of the J-function model for obtaining the average oil-bearing rock capillary pressure based on the Leverett J-function have not fundamentally improved this technique, and modifications base...
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Compressing three-dimensional sparse arrays using inter- and intra-task parallelization strategies on Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi
Array operations are useful in a lot of scientific codes. In recent years, several applications, such as the geological analysis and the medical images processing, are processed using array operations for thre...
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Study on Mechanisms of Aerosol Formation in Wet Ammonia-Based Desulfurization Process
A simulation ammonia wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) platform was built to simulate separately the two different aerosol formation mechanisms in ammonia WFGD process of inhomogeneous reaction and entrainme...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fine Particle Characteristics from Limestone–Gypsum Desulfurization Process
In order to investigate the characteristics of fine particles formed during the limestone–gypsum desulfurization process, fine particle emissions with an experimental system were studied. The physical charact...
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Viral Hepatitis
Virus hepatitis is a group of systemic infectious diseases induced by various types of hepatitis virus, predominantly with liver damages. Based on the pathogen, virus hepatitis can be categorized into five typ...
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Influence of Digital Computer Technology on Architectural Design Teaching Mode
This paper starts from the influence of CAAD system on different stages of architectural design and describes the application of digital technology in architectural design based on the development status of ar...
